Greatest Quotes of All Time

[nocents]

"woof hurry woof follow woof me woof Timmy woof has woof fallen woof into woof the woof well woof------Lassie

 

[JohnSW]

"I am not young enough to know everything." -Oscar Wilde

 

[Arik]

"If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference,' you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes."

" The only real power comes out of a long rifle."

"I trust no one - not even myself"

- Joseph Besarionis Dze Jugashvili

 

[Jessie]

the unwritten rule is to name the author of the quote......I am pretty sure that quote was by Evel Knievel

My limited research indicated Jack Lemmon said it first in the film
' Under the Yum Yum Tree ' 1963

 

[legelegel]

"Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much." - Francis Bacon

 

[vigil617]

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

Sir Winston Churchill, 1940, speaking about the airmen of the RAF, both the fighter pilots defending Britain and the bomber crews attacking Germany

 

[legelegel]

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

Sir Winston Churchill, 1940, speaking about the airmen of the RAF, both the fighter pilots defending Britain and the bomber crews attacking Germany

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0t-RqjMH-A

 

[A10]

"Me thinks she doth protest too much"

Bill Shakespeare......it could apply to so many these days......

 

[poordevil]

Spoken to Winston Churchill "Sir, you are Drunk, Drunk, Drunk!"

Sir Winston's response to the lady " Yes ma'am, but in the morning I will be sober, yet you will still be Ugly, Ugly, Ugly!"

 

[Arik]

" You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays."
- Nikolai Gogol 1809 - 1852

Some things never change

 

[amazingflapjack]

"History teaches that history teaches us nothing "
- Hegel

 

[Big Cholla]

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

Will Rogers

.............. Big Cholla

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Gentlemen,

We've done a fair amount of cleanup in this thread and awarded several points for politics.

If you don't know the difference between quoting Bill and Hillary for the purposes of making a political swipe and the greatest quotes of all time, this thread is not for you.

 

[ACP230]

"Do be do be do..." Sinatra.

"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing..." Duke Ellington & Irving
Mills.

"Oh,lady if you're married, wear that ring..." Tom T. Hall.
"Salute To A Switchblade."

 

[P&R Fan]

My favorite from Churchill
Never, never, never NEVER give in!
Winnie was just plain cool.
Jim

 

[zzzippper]

"Uncommon valor was a common virtue."

Chester Nimitz

 

[ringo1597]

" Officer, I only had 2 beers."

What I heard from just about every drunk I ever dealt with.

 

[Arik]

"Do be do be do..." Sinatra.

I thought that was the Budwiser penguins!

 

[labworm]

"I'm not scared of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens."

 

[Dashriprock]

Another favorite from Churchill:

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.